‘Brilliant’ results have been recorded by GCSE students at Portishead’s Gordano School.

A total of 78 per cent of exams were graded A*-C, which put the school significantly above the national average.

Headteacher Gary Lewis said: “This has been another brilliant set of results for us with maths achieving their best ever performance.

“I am also delighted that our students have achieved well across the board and not just at the top.

“GCSE is getting notably harder so it is very pleasing to see that our results have continued to climb.”